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Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2026-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-30

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, Mar 30

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168

← Mar 23Mar 30Apr 6 →

Receipts

242 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 248▲ 83 vs year ago 159 · +52.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 110, Bulls 44)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $389.62/cwt on 26 head, down $1.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 17 comparable sales and sits +11.05 against this barn's trailing median of $378.57.

Average price

$389.62

▼ 1.67 vs prior sale

26 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$33.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.11

vs VA average

−33.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	539	410.44	2,212	10thin
Medium and Large 1	547	376.61	2,060	16thin

One grade step is worth $33.83/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale26 hd

389.62

—

VA average7 barns · 398 hd

385.51

+4.11

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−33.57

This barn, trailing median17 sales

378.57

+11.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $407.95, low $326.47, median $378.57 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

29 lots · USDA AMS · Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	573.24/cwt	485.00–596.00	2,356	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	439	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,182	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	528.65/cwt	441.00–559.00	2,469	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,597	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	470.31/cwt	406.00–489.00	2,535	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,569	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,294	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,631	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,599	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	1,761	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	465.46/cwt	454.00–470.00	1,750	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	430.04/cwt	415.00–437.00	1,836	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	444.25/cwt	444.25–444.25	2,035	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	427.45/cwt	400.00–437.00	1,983	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	410.44/cwt	360.00–416.00	2,212	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	369.15/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,993	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,266	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	353.45/cwt	288.00–379.00	2,177	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,972	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,980	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	444.50/cwt	415.00–452.00	1,818	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	483.71/cwt	471.00–488.00	2,133	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,148	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,095	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,140	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	419.86/cwt	418.00–420.00	2,284	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,375	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,252	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,360	2

This sale against other markets

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Mon Mar 30, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 242Last week 248Year ago 159

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 88, Heifers 110, Bulls 44)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	415.00–452.00	444.50
12	450–500	460	467.00	467.00
13	500–550	544	418.00–420.00	419.86
4	550–600	555	428.00	428.00
2	600–650	638	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	441	471.00–488.00	483.71
1	450–500	485	432.00	432.00
1	500–550	535	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	643	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	411	485.00–596.00	573.24
41	450–500	467	441.00–559.00	528.65
10	500–550	539	406.00–489.00	470.31
10	550–600	556	462.00	462.00
5	600–650	631	417.00	417.00
1	700–750	730	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	497.00	497.00
2	500–550	530	490.00	490.00
1	600–650	620	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	476.00	476.00
10	450–500	458	444.25	444.25
10	500–550	539	360.00–416.00	410.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	376	454.00–470.00	465.46
3	400–450	427	415.00–437.00	430.04
25	450–500	464	400.00–437.00	427.45
12	500–550	540	350.00–395.00	369.15
4	550–600	568	399.00	399.00
29	600–650	616	288.00–379.00	353.45
1	650–700	655	301.00	301.00
3	700–750	720	275.00	275.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.